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| Title: |
Elegant scheme |
| Description: |
The Southern paint scheme was quite attractive, and lent an air of class to their operation. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/1986 Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:49:24 AM |
| Location: |
Elkton, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3193(SD40) NS 3276(SD40-2) SOU 3184(SD40) |
| Views: |
1335 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Southern power rolls |
| Description: |
A set of Southern SD 40s rolls south through a pair of NW signals with a grain train on the NW Shenandoah Sub, showing the effects of the NS merger four years earlier. Long hood forward was standard practice on the Southern and N&W, so the leader is not running backward. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/1986 Upload Date: 12/12/2014 2:32:27 AM |
| Location: |
Waynesboro, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3193(SD40) NS 3276(SD40-2) SOU 3184(SD40) |
| Views: |
15596 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Rolling down the Blue Ridge |
| Description: |
A southbound grain train runs along the ex NW Shenandoah Division near Waynesboro. |
| Photo Date: |
9/11/1986 Upload Date: 12/10/2014 3:50:56 AM |
| Location: |
Waynesboro, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3193(SD40) NS 3276(SD40-2) SOU 3184(SD40) |
| Views: |
1025 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Coal with N&W and SOU power |
| Description: |
A coal train bound for the Norfolk pier has three units-including a GP 35 of all things-and 223 cars. NS would take coal trains out of the mining districts, run them to Crewe, and combine them into monster loaded trains for the pier. Im told they ran 300 car empty trains back to Crewe, but did not see one. |
| Photo Date: |
9/14/1986 Upload Date: 11/6/2011 2:50:43 AM |
| Location: |
Petersburg, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NW 1629(SD40-2) NW 210(GP35) SOU 3184(SD40) |
| Views: |
2003 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
On into the night |
| Description: |
Well after dark, a southbound works the yard. The traffic here was not monumental-no one will confuse this line with the UP in Nebraska-but it was steady. I was there about 15 hours, and saw 15 or so trains. I didnt keep notes in those days(silly me, theyd be really helpful now, 35 years later), so dont have am exact count, but it seemed like there was a train every hour or so. |
| Photo Date: |
8/9/1980 Upload Date: 11/12/2016 4:50:20 AM |
| Location: |
Greensboro, NC |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Night,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3084(SD35) SOU 3187(SD40) |
| Views: |
558 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Southbound on the Rathole |
| Description: |
A southbound behind a pair of Southern units spliced by a Conrail SD rolls south, as seen from the NW 611 trip. |
| Photo Date: |
9/29/1984 Upload Date: 7/8/2014 4:31:48 AM |
| Location: |
Harriman, TN |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
SOU 3322(SD40-2) CR 6491(SD40-2) SOU 3199(SD40) |
| Views: |
888 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
All Southern consist |
| Description: |
A northbound rolls past the Charlottesville station with a former Southern GP 50 leading a set of SDs still in their tuxedoes. Classic Southern signals abound. |
| Photo Date: |
6/13/1985 Upload Date: 10/4/2014 1:46:05 AM |
| Location: |
Charlottesville, VA |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 7008(GP50) SOU 3157(SD45) SOU 3199(SD40) SOU 3048(SD35) |
| Views: |
754 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Ford empties |
| Description: |
Train AFOB ran from the auto ramp at Ayer Mass through onto NS, forwarding mostly auto racks to Bellevue Oh, where they were sent to various midwestern assembly plants. Here it is sitting on the Buffalo Runner next to the old D&H station, waiting for a new crew to head to Buffalo and a ride on the ex NKP. NS power was typical, and usually ran through to Ayer. |
| Photo Date: |
10/10/1987 Upload Date: 5/30/2015 4:15:11 AM |
| Location: |
Binghamton, NY |
| Author: |
Tom Beckett |
| Categories: |
Yard,Station,Signal,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6206(SD40-2) SOU 3199(SD40) NS 8046(C30-7) |
| Views: |
695 Comments: 0 |
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